Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any.
We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.
The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.